Aquasolv Ultrasonic Cleaner-Plus
(Aqua 22) from Mykal is providing a
leading aerospace company with a
degreasing solution that replaces
Trike and reduces VOC emissions.

During maintenance, various
aircraft components need coatings of
lubricants to be removed as a preclean
prior to disassembly. For health
and safety reasons, the company was
looking to replace Trike and
significantly reduce VOC emission
levels. This led it to look at ultrasonic
units along with a suitable degreaser
that would provide the cleaning
performance required.

Due to the heavy duty nature of
the lubricants Mykal suggested its
Aquasolv Ultrasonic Cleaner-Plus
(Aqua 22), a highly concentrated
degreaser designed to remove oils,
greases, lubricants and other difficult
contaminants. In trials the degreaser
was used at 5% concentration levels
for 5min at 60-70°C before the
components were given an ultrasonic
hot water rinse and then dried. The
trials proved successful in cleaning
the components to the required level
and removed Trike and VOC
emissions from the process.